Quotes of the Day - Kate Moss

It is quite amazing what I didn't feel after a while. I didn't really want to feel things.
Kate Moss

People don't hear me talk. They don't expect me to. Kate Moss

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Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

xoxo,

Annie

Love Me Fridays

• Using insomnia productively
• Any moment of comfort
• My mom's endless support and help at appointments
• My new body pillow
• Starting Water for Elephants!
• Pictures of those I love from the past
• Getting my ring fixed :)
• Those occasional moments of appetite

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What are the little things that have improved your week?

xoxo,

Annie

Facial Swelling...Why?

So numerous times over the last year, I have found myself to have a swollen face.

Now, I had chronic urticaria and angiodema for a long time, and it affected the entirety of my body.  Within the last few years though, the only time any swelling shows is on my face, and it isn't raised and bumped like swelling of the past.  The cheeks are the most swollen areas and feel like a bad sunburn.  It doesn't react to Benadryl, that's for sure!  It lasted about 18 hours.

A few days later, I brought my doctor a picture of my rash taken later in the day when it had gotten more pronounced.

He said it looked like the malar rash, and to try to get in to his hospital on a day it is there so he can arrange a skin biopsy.  He also was going to run another ANA, but I'm sure he won't find anything.  It will be some random thing my body concocts for fun.

The endocrinologist also posed the idea of shutting off my ovaries entirely in favor of hormone replacements for the next forever...

Taking my time to think that one over.  These are the joys of spending more time with the healthcare system than with friends and family.

xoxo,

Annie

Pop Culture Wednesday

This show has been absorbing my entire life lately as it makes me laugh!  BEST THING EVER.

Watch it!

xoxo,

Annie

I Miss Smelling

When I could smell...these were my favorites:

• Fresh cut grass!
• COFFEE
• Tea
• Bacon
• Perfumes
• Permanent markers
• Bleach
• Flowers
• Thunderstorms (fresh rain!)
• Citrus
• Freshly cut wood
• Vanilla

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What are some of your favorite smells as delicious Spring starts to arrive?

xoxo,

Annie

Things That Bug Me Mondays

• Finances!!!! Grrr
• Getting the date wrong for my endocrinologist appointment...
• NAUSEA
• The preparation of food
• When my face is swollen
• That my life isn't a musical
• Hiccups
• Straining muscles simply by moving
• Beds that are not my usual

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What is getting under your skin this week?  One moment of good solid complaining usually helps get it out of the system!

xoxo,

Annie

Links, Links, Links!

A few things I have found on the Internet over the past week!

I'm an agnostic, but this song for atheists by Steve Martin is HILARIOUS.
http://www.openculture.com/2011/03/steve_martin_writes_first_song_for_atheists.html

Fibromyalgia questions answered:

http://www.lifescript.com/Health/Everyday-Care/Health_Basics/10_Questions_About_Fibromyalgia_Answered.aspx

Me, when it is time for bed...
http://i.imgur.com/tKEPr.gif

Ways to make personal growth happen!
http://theorganicsister.com/8-ways-to-make-personal-growth-happen/

A fiction book involving a person with ME/CFS written by Maija Haavisto - currently only in Finnish but we need to get it published in ENGLISH!!!  I can't wait to have the opportunity to read it!
http://www.ilmestykset.net/in-english/

An article on what to do while you are looking for a good pain doctor!
http://www.thepainstore.com/LookingForGoodDoc.pdf

Spider webs wrapped around trees after flooding - AMAZING picture.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dfid/5571181942/

And of course, my own Tumblr for my personal entertainment!
fragileannie.tumblr.com

xoxo,
Annie